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After second place: Jai Hindley still has the Alps podium in his sights
Jai Hindley finished the third stage of the Tour of the Alps in second place. The Australian is optimistic about finishing the tour on the podium.
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Jai Hindley had the favourites under control on the third day of the Tour of the Alps (2.Pro). The 28-year-old won the sprint of the group of contenders for victory in the overall classification in Innichen after 145 kilometres, ahead of Derek Gee and Giulio Ciccone. However, this was not enough for victory on the day. After his 70-kilometre solo, Marco Frigo had been able to save a 19-second lead to the finish.
Jai Hindley wird Zweiter der 3. Etappe der Tour of the Alps
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The bonus seconds that the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe captain collected for his second place pushed him up to fourth place in the overall standings. He is 45 seconds behind his Australian compatriot Michael Storer, who is wearing the overall leader's green jersey, but only four seconds behind Ciccone and Paul Seixas.
Lennart Jasch, Ben Zwiehoff and Frederik Wandahl in the breakaway group
"I had good legs today and was able to win the sprint," said Jai, who had already finished the first two stages in sixth place among the favourites. "It was another tough stage, but the team supported me well again. We have one of the strongest teams at the start here, although very young, but we are getting better every day."
Frederik Wandahl in der Ausreißergruppe bei der Tour of the Alps
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This was also evident in the composition of the breakaway group, in which Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe was represented three times by Rookie Lennard Jasch, Ben Zwiehoff and Frederik Wandahl. The Dane was one of the first to chase down the stage winner Frigo until the 10-kilometre mark, only then having to pay tribute to the exhausting day, which included the almost eight-kilometre-long and eight per cent steep Furkelpass. Nevertheless, he was able to finish the stage ten seconds behind his captain.
Jai Hindley is optimistic about the remaining two stages
"So we were able to have a pretty good say in the day today," summarised Jai Hindley. And that's exactly the plan for the remaining two stages, which will then lead partly or, in the case of the last stage, even completely through Austria.
There will be a lot of action on the final climb tomorrow.
"Tomorrow there will be a lot of action on the last climb and the following day it could also be close on the descent to the finish. The classification could be shaken up again. We'll go full throttle again on both days and see what comes of it."
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